POUTICAL NOTES: Man to Watch

In Broadway's newest hit, State of
the Union (see THEATER), a liberal airplane manufacturer plans a
speech-making tour which he hopes will get him the Republican
nomination for President. Before he leaves he gets some sage advice
from a seasoned political boss: "Stay out of Minneapolis. That's
Stassen territory."

How important it will be for all GOPolitical hopefuls to reckon with
Harold Stassen became obvious last week when the ex-Minnesota Governor
shed his Navy captain's stripes and became plain Citizen Stassen.

In St. Paul, Admiral William F. ("Bull") Halsey, whose flag secretary
Stassen had been, described him to a homecoming crowd: "A...